Picture this: The work week officially is over. Your last classes for the week have been completed. All homework and quizzes have been finished, papers have been revised and submitted and lecture notes have been recorded.
With wind speeds of almost 20 mph last Sunday, Zeke the Wonder Dog III struggled to catch frisbee after frisbee thrown by his owners, Jim and Terri Foley, at West Ottawa High School’s practice football field in Holland, Mich., the couple’s hometown.
It’s become a staple of the Tom Izzo era.
MSU continues to expand its global reach with its latest grant of $7.8 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Six months from now, don’t expect to see state Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, behind a desk working on any governmental business — he’ll be too busy trekking from Georgia to Pennsylvania.
Their college careers might only be two games old, but freshman guards Gary Harris and Denzel Valentine seemed like season veterans during No. 21 MSU’s 67-64 victory over No. 7 Kansas.
Mark Dantonio said he and his football team should use last week’s bye to take some time away from the game of football, to step back and refocus on the task at hand. And the sixth-year head coach did — to an extent.
When Jake Hildebrand was looking at different college hockey programs, he wanted to know if he would have the opportunity to play. The MSU hockey freshman goaltender said he asked head coach Tom Anastos if he would be given that chance as a Spartan, and Anastos said he responded by telling him if he earned ice time, he would be given it.
On Tuesday evening, international relations senior Alex Waldman was able to celebrate a place very close to his heart: Israel.
For Le’Veon Bell, there is no doubt. The Spartans will make a bowl game, and he won’t be convinced otherwise. As the MSU football team (5-5 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) prepares for its home finale against Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) on Saturday (noon, ESPN2), it will look to extend its bowl streak to six consecutive seasons.
One game isn’t enough time to define a season, but for head coach Suzy Merchant and the MSU women’s basketball team, it certainly can show them things they can improve on before going on the road to take on Eastern Michigan at 7 p.m. this Thursday.
Although Lansing residents are supportive of the idea of redeveloping the area, there still are steps to complete before developers can officially break ground.
For the second time in her Spartan career, sophomore Alison Menzies has been named the Big Ten Diver of the Week.
After winning the heavyweight division at the Michigan State Open last Sunday, junior Michael McClure earned Big Ten Wrestler of the Week for the first time in his career.
At Tuesday’s loaded work session, councilmembers reviewed findings of an audit on city finances for the 2012 fiscal year which ended in June, and found the city’s debt is on the decline.
Criminal justice freshman Sherronia Dorsey-Walker is proud of where she comes from, and the reason she attends MSU.
On Thursday Nov. 15, the Live On staff of Wonders Hall will create an experience that they hope will live up to the building’s name.
When Amol Pavangadkar, a teaching specialist and senior producer for the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences, was selected for an exclusive weeklong program, he had no idea he would talk to some of the biggest names in television production.
For almost all college students, landing the job of their dreams is a goal formed from the minute their acceptance letters arrive in the mail.
Even if you don’t know the source, I’m sure we’ve all heard this line from Cato the Elder: “Patience is the greatest of all virtues.”